EDITORIAL REVIEW

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He won billions for AmEx, drove NASCAR down victory lane in antitrust litigation and now helms a huge amount of meltdown work.



David Boies has won a few and lost a few, and along the way he's become one of the most famous lawyers in the country. Boies, known as a "very skillful, very good" trial lawyer, has litigated several historic cases. He represented the Justice Department in its antitrust case filed against Microsoft in 1998 - a success for the government at the trial level, though Microsoft won many points on appeal. Boies also was former Vice President Al Gore's lawyer during the battle over the disputed 2000 presidential election. Following the recount fight, Time magazine named him a runner-up for Person of the Year for 2000. In addition to his courtroom work, Boies also maintains managerial duties as chairman of Boies Schiller, a 200-lawyer commercial litigation firm based in New York.





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David Boies is the founder and Chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and is widely regarded as one of the nation's preeminent trial lawyers. He has been named "Lawyer of the Year," by the National Law Journal, runner-up for "Person of the Year," by Time Magazine, The Antitrust Lawyer of the Year by the New York Bar Association, and "Commercial Litigator of the Year" by Who's Who.

Mr. Boies is perhaps best known for serving as lead counsel for former Vice-President Al Gore in connection with the litigation relating to the 2000 Presidential election and for serving as Special Trial Counsel for the United States Department of Justice in its successful antitrust suit against Microsoft. In addition, from 1991 to 1993, Mr. Boies was counsel to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in its litigation to recover losses for failed savings and loan associations. Mr. Boies also served as Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the United States Senate Antitrust Subcommittee in 1978 and Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee in 1979.

Recent cases include Mr. Boies's successful representation of American Express in its Antitrust case against Visa and MasterCard in which American Express received a record-breaking $4 billion recovery, Mr. Boies's successful defense of Lloyd's of London in the World Trade Center insurance litigation, Mr. Boies's successful defense of NASCAR in Antitrust litigation charging NASCAR with monopolizing the market for championship auto racing, and the representation of Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg and the C.V. Starr Companies in connection with regulatory and civil litigations.

Mr. Boies is the author of numerous publications including Courting Justice, published by Miramax in 2004, and Public Control of Business, published by Little Brown in 1977. He has taught courses at New York University Law School and Cardozo Law School.

Mr. Boies received honorary LL.D. degrees from the University of Redlands, and from New York Law School, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the LD Access Foundation, the Outstanding Learning Disabled Achievers Award from the Lab School of Washington, D.C., and the William Brennan Award from the University of Virginia. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and a trustee of St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Medical Center and of Continuum Health Partners, Inc.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

• American Bar Association
• American Bar Foundation
• New York State Bar Association
• New York City Bar Association
• New York Bar Foundation
• London Court of International Arbitration
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Board of Trustees, National Constitution Center
• Trustee, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Medical Center
• Trustee, Continuum Health Partners, Inc.
• Honorary Board, National Association of Urban Debate Leagues

Government Service

• Special Trial Counsel, United States Department of Justice, United States v. Microsoft, 1998-2000
• Counsel to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., 1991-1993
• Chief Counsel and Staff Director, of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, 1979
• Chief Counsel and Staff Director, United States Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, 1978

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• Antitrust
• Class Actions
• International Arbitration
• Investigations / Corporate Governance
• Securities Litigation
• Sports Law
• White-Collar / Business Crimes

Education

• New York University School of Law, LL.M., 1967
• Yale Law School, LL.B., magna cum laude, 1966
• Northwestern University, B.S., 1964
• University of Redlands, Phi Beta Kappa, 1960-1962

Admissions

• New York
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Courts of Appeals: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Federal, and District of Columbia Circuits
• United States District Courts: Southern and Eastern District of New York and the District of Colorado
• United States Court of International Trade

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Articles

• Halliburton Loss Causation Ruling To Have Narrow Impact
  Law360, New York (June 6, 2011)

Selected Publications and Presentations

• With Stakes High, N.F.L. Relies on a Star Lawyer
  New York Times, April 3, 2011
  
  
• Courting Justice (Miramax, 2004)
  
  
• Public Control of Business (Little Brown, 1977)

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• Jury Rules SAP Owes Oracle $1.3 Billion (The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• David Boies & Ted Olson Seek to Overturn California's Prop. 8 in Historic Case Upholding Marriage as Constitutional Right (In The News)
  
  
• BS&F Provides Legal Services and Expert Opinion on Matters Related to the Global Credit Crisis (In The News)
  
  
• BS&F Client Terra Firma Files Multi-Billion Dollar Fraud Suit Against Citigroup (03.25.2010)
  
  
• BS&F Wins $4.3 Billion Lawsuit Against AIG for Client Starr International Company (Winter 2010)
  
  
• BS&F Tallies Another Victory for NASCA (Winter 2010)
  
  
• With Court Docket Cleared by BS&F, America's Cup Challenger Sails to Victory (Winter 2010)
  
  
• Firm Newsletter: Winter 2010 (02.17.2010)
  
  
• In Historic Civil Rights Case, David Boies Co-leads Challenge to Gay Marriage Ban (Winter 2010)
  
  
• BS&F Legal Talk, Winter 2010
  
  
• BS&F Assumes Lead Role in Emerging Legal Matters Arising from the Bernard Madoff Ponzi Scheme (In The News)
  
  
• BS&F Provides Defense for America's Cup US Challenger (In The News)
  
  
• BS&F Successfully Defends NASCAR in Sixth Circuit Appeal (December 11, 2009)
  
  
• BS&F Wins $4.3 Billion Court Battle & Settles All Remaining Legal Disputes for Client Starr International (In The News)
  
  
• Firm Report: May 2009 (May 2009)
  
  
• BS&F Chairman David Boies Talks Politics and the Financial Crisis with Chrystia Freeland of the Financial Times (November 5, 2008)
  
  
• BS&F Represents Wachovia in Multibillion Dollar Bid for Bank by Rival Suitors Citigroup and Wells Fargo (October 5, 2008)
  
  
• Four BS&F Attorneys Named in Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2008 Guide (10.17.2008)
  
  
• BS&F client, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, featured in Fortune magazine cover story (issue date 10/13/08)
  
  
• New York Super Lawyers Name Seven BS&F Attorneys as Top Lawyers in the New York Metro Area (09.15.2008)
  
  
• Firm Report: July 2008 (07.28.2008)
  
  
• BS&F Represents The Weinstein Company in "Project Runway" Litigation (April 7, 2008)
  
  
• Firm Report: January 2008 (Vol. 3, Issue I) (01.22.2008)
  
  
• Kentucky Judge grants Summary Judgment in favor of NASCAR in $1.2 billion Antitrust Suit (January 14, 2008)
  
  
• BS&F $ 2.2 Billion Recovery for American Express Noted in American Lawyer's "Big Suits" Column (January 2008)
  
  
• Hank Greenberg Sues Current AIG Directors and Management Over Unnecessary and Improper Restatement (06.20.2007)
  
  
• Firm Defends Former AIG Chairman Greenberg (June 14, 2007)
  
  
• Boies, Schiller & Flexner Defends Michael Moore Against Federal Investigation into "Sicko" (June 12, 2007)
  
  
• BS&F Ranked as Leading Law Firm By Legal 500 (May 24, 2007)
  
  
• Newswires Report That David Boies Assisting Michael Moore (May 13, 2007)
  
  
• Firm Report: April 2007 (Vol. 2, Issue I) (04.01.2007)
  
  
• The Law Dragon Leading Litigators: Boies, Schiller & Flexner Partners Receive Highest Ranking (2007)
  
  
• Chambers USA: Boies, Schiller & Flexner partners named leaders in their fields (2007)
  
  
• Second Circuit Upholds World Trade Center Insurance Verdicts (November 30, 2006)
  
  
• Firm Report: November 2006 (Vol. 1, Issue III (11.01.2006)
  
  
• Firm Report: July 2006 (Vol. 1, Issue II) (07.01.2006)
  
  
• Profiles in Power: David Boies recognized as one of the most influential lawyers in America (June 2006)
  
  
• Firm Report: March 2006 (Vol. 1, Issue I) (03.01.2006)
  
  
• Boies, Schiller & Flexner partners recognized as leading litigators (2006)
  
  
• The Battle of the Titans: David Boies Squares-Off Against Elliot Spitzer (May 9, 2005)
  
  
• Big-time Lawyer Boies to defend AIG's Chairman (May 4, 2005)
  
  
• Boies Schiller & Flexner Represents Court TV In Attempt To End Ban on Cameras In Court (April 2005)
  
  
• Mr. Cleanup: Ed Breen Scrubs The Scandal Out Of Tyco With The Help of David Boies (November 2004)
  
  
• What Does $750 an Hour Get You? A Week In The Datebook Of David Boies (May 2003)
  
  
• Why One Superlawyer Has A Hand In All The High-Profile Cases Of The Day (February 2001)
  
  
• Lawyers of the Year: Teams Bush and Gore (January 2001)
  
  
• David Boies named runner-up for Time's "Person of the Year" (December 2000)
  
  
• Boies Takes The Lead On High-Risk, Important Cases (September 2000)
  
  
• The Man Who Ate Microsoft (March 2000)
  
  
• Vanity Fair's 1999 Hall of Fame (December 1999)